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Pelargonium—continued. 
long as the petals; peduncles deflexed, three to five-flowered. 
May. J. shortly petiolate, cordate at base, sinuato-pinnatifid, 
hairy, strongly scented; lobes and sinuses rounded; margins 
wavy and crenated. Stem much-branched. h. 3ft. 1774. A 
well-known shrub. 
P. Radula (Radula).* fl. pale purple, with dark streaks, small, 
pedicellate ; calyx densely setose and glandular, the tube short ; 
1 short, hispid, four or five-flowered. June. J. on rather 
ong petioles, palmati-partite, roughly hispid above, softly 
pubescent beneath ; lobes narrow-linear, pinnatifid, with revolute 
oe A much-branched, balsamic-scented 
naire h. 3ft. Ror 
e os. LNRM 
e n Ren . Scarlet, pedicellate ; calyx tube 
long or short, with reflexed segments; petals narrow-obovate. 
uly. J. pinnati-partite, glabrous, rather thick; pinnze sessile, 
decurrent, laciniately pinnatifid, with obtuse lobes. Stem 
shrubby, fleshy, nodose, glabrous; flowering branches her- 
baceous. A. lft. Probably a hybrid. (Sw. Ger. 76.) 
P. schizopetalum (cut-petaled). fl., petals five, nearly equal, 
two-parted, the divisions multifidly laciniate, or divided into 
numerous branching segments, the two upper ones pale yellow, 
the lower ones brownish-purple ; umbel several-flowered, spread- 
ing. Summer. J. about 6in. long, ternate or deeply trifid, 
obtuse, oblong-oval, undulate, hairy on both sides, unequally 
i round-toothed; terminal leaflet very large, eleven to thirteen- - 
; lobed. Stem short,suffruticose, rather succulent. Root tuberous. 
4 h. lft. 1821. (Sw. Ger. 232.) ; 
P. Schottii (Schott’s).* fl. jin. to l4in. in diameter; calyx tube 
lin. long crimson, with black, elongated, broken blotches 
; petals 
running 110 the nerves on the disk; umbel six to ten-flowered ; 
peduncle 4in, to 10in. long, simple or branched. J. scattered, on 
pinnately three to seven-foliolate ; 
cut and lobulate, with waved and 
branched, lft. to 13ft. 
hairy. 
N Ain. to 10in. long. 
obes or pinnules all much 
crisped, toothed margins. Stem succulent. 
high, somewhat shrubby at base. Plant 
Garden hybrid. 
(B. M. 5777.) 
Fic. 66. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF PELARGONIUM 
TRICOLOR. 
P. tricolor (three-coloured).* H. on long icels ; sepals villous ; 
two upper petals generally very dark the three lower ones 
white, but sometimes the upper ones are coloured at the base 
only, where there is always a darker spot; partial peduncles two 
or three-flowered. July. J. on long, slender petioles, villous- 
canescent, lanceolate or oblong, incised-toothed or lobed. Stem 
shrubby, short, branching, use. h. 1}ft. 1791. See Fig. 66. 
(B. M. 240; Sw. Ger. 43.) 
P. triste (dull-flowered). fl. dull brownish-yellow, with dark 
spots, or partly dark-brown, with a pale border, very sweetly 
aromatic at night; petals twice as long as the calyx ents ; 
peduncles, long; umbel many-flowered, July. (. Sin. 12in. 
ng ; radical and lower ones bi- tripinnately decompound ; - 
ments decurrent, toothed and laciniated, the teeth gland-ti 
Stem short or scarcely any, deflexed, succulent. 1632. 
(B. M. 1641.) Syn. P. millefoliatum (Sw. Ger. 230). 4 
P. t. fllipendulifolium (Dropwort-leaved). l. sub- bipinnatifid; 
segments broader than in the type. Plant caulescent. (Sw. Ger. 
85, under name of P. jilipendulifolium.) : 
P. vitifolium (Vine-leaved). jl. purple, small, sessile, in densely 
many-flowered heads; petals ca tg July. J. on 1 peues 
cordate at base, three-lobed ; lobes shallow, very obtuse an 
rounded, toothed ; stipules broadly cordate. h. 14ft. 1724. Plant 
suffruticose, erect, densely hairy and villous. 
P. zonale (zonal). ‘‘ Horseshoe Geranium.” fl. varying from 
scarlet pad parama through all shades of red to pure white, sub- 
sessile ; calyx tube four or five times longer than the segments ; 
petals narrow-cuneate or spathulate; peduncles long, many- 
erb, 
Pelargonium—continued. 
flowered. August. “. on long petioles, roundish-cordate, glabrous 
or pubescent, mostly with a dark horseshoe mark above (whence 
the common name), crenate-toothed, obsoletely many-lobed. 
Younger branches succulent. h. 2ft. 1710. A well-known shrub, 
See Fig. 67. P. stenopetalum is a variety with very narrow- 
Fic. 67. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PELARGONIUM ZONALE, 
Hanoar pereis. Of P. zonale there are innumerable garden forms, 
of which a selection is subjoined. Now and then, seedlings 
develop only proliferous flowers, like those shown in Fig. 68. 
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Fic. 68. ABNORMAL PROLIFEROUS INFLORESCENCE OF 
PELARGONIUM ZONALE. 
VARIETIES. Pelargoniums are exceedingly numerous 
in varieties, a circumstance not to be wondered at when 
it is remembered how readily seedlings may be raised, 
and how successful have been the results attending the 
hybridising and improvement of these plants as systematic- 
carried out by English and Continental raisers. 
Subjoined is a selection of varieties representing the 
several sections that have been referred to in the fore- 
going cultural instructions. Doubtless, many others 
